Whirligig



July 17, 1923.

L, V. ARONSON WHIRLIGIG 2 Sheets-Sheet. l

Filed March 30. 1923 Juventa? July 17, 1923. 1,462,317

L. v. ARoNsoN WHIRLIGIG Filed March 30, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 17, 1923.

GUIS V. ARONSON, F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

WHIBLIGIG.

Application filed March 30, 1923. Serial No. 628,802.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis V. AaoNsoN, citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whirligigs, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to toys of the nature of the whirligig and has as an object the provision of a whirligig having an opening or openings and spark roducing material ada ted to provide spar s to show through sai opening. By' means of a covering of colored material upon the opening of one or more colors the sparks vare caused to produce colored lights.

Illustrative embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of the whirling portion of the toy;

Figure 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a face view, partly broken away, of `a modified form;

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse section partially in elevation upon the line 4-4 of gure 3;

Figures 5 and 6 are face views of additional modifications;

Figure 7 is a rear view of the form of the device shown in Figures 3 and 4;

Figure 8 is a detail vertical section of a pyrophoric material holding device and Fig. 9 is a detail elevation of tne end of the handle and its attachment to the rear of the driving means in the forni of invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The device as showny in Figures 1 and 2 comprises a revoluble disc (10), supported u on a stud bolt (11), mounted upon a hand e (12), being secured thereto by a nut (13). The disc 10) is shown as formed integrally, or rigidly secured to, a sleeve (14) which carries in rigid engagement therewith a pulley (15).

The pulley is shown as having a string (16) wound thereabout and having its end secured thereto by means of 'a knot (17). A guide for the string (16) may be provided by means of striking a tongue (18) from the material of the handle, 'which tongue is perforated.

To support a band (19) of an abradant material a ring (20) is shown as carried by members (21) mounted upon a transverse member projecting laterally from the handle (12) which members (21) are turned at an angle to the transverse member and secured to the ring (20).

To roduce sparks a piece of pyrophoric material (22) is caused to move over the abradant material (19). To hold the yrophoric element there is shown a cylinrical socket (23) carried by the disc (10) and slotted to receive the end of spring (24) secured to the disc (10) as at (25) and which spring is adapted to cause pressure upon the pyrophoric element.

To make the sparks thus produced show colored li hts the disc (10) is shown as provided wit a plurality of openings (26), two of which openings, those closely adjacent the socket (23), are preferably provided with a cover (27-28) of translucent colored material. It is desired to use red and blue coverings for the openings in this form of the device, and the remaining openings (26) which are left uncovered will show White lights as the sparks appear opposite them.

To revolve the disc (10) the string (16) is wound fully upon the pulley (15),` when a pull upon the string will cause a rapid whirling ofthe disc (10). The momentum of this motion when the string is unwound and immediately slackened will cause ya rewinding of the string in the opposite direction in a well-known manner. The sparks produced will be thrown in a direction opposite from that of the revolution. Therefore, when the revolution is in a direction with the red covered opening (26) behind the pyrophoric element the sparks will be shown as red. When the revolution is in the opposite direction the sparks will show blue and at all times some white sparks will appear. In the form of device shown in Figures 3 and 4 the disc (29) is shown as carried by a sleeve (30) which is provided with a pulley (31), the action of which disc and pulley is the same as that already described, a string (16) being provided to cause motion of the disc. To carry a pyrophoric element a tongue (32) is shown as struck out from the material of the disc (29), and as having mounted thereon a socket (33) slotted for reception of a sprin (34) to produce pressure upon the pyrop orio element (35). To produce sparks an annular ring (36) is shown as cairied by a disc (37) and as bearing upon its exterior surface a band (38) of abradant material,

The disc (37) is shown as loosely mounted upon the bolt (39), and Washer (40) being placed between the surface of the disc an the sleeve (30). Vllith this 'arrangement of parts the disc (37) will revolve slowly when the disc (29) is spun andthe momentum of the disc (37) will cause such revolution to be much slower than that of the spinning disc, and the reversal of movement of the disc (28') Will insure the relative movement between the two so that sparks produced from the pyrophoric material Will be shown through the openings (40) in the disc (37). It is preferred to cover openings (40) with red, white and blue ltranslucent material (41), or the White material may be omitted to allovv the sparks in the natural color to show there-throughn Preferably an opening (42) is left through which access may be gained to the socket (33) for the purpose of renewing the pyrophoric material therein. A ball (43) is shown upon the end of the string (16) to be grasped by the user.

In the form of the device shown in Figures 3, 4 and 7, the material from which the handle (44) is formed, is cut to provide extending members (45, 46 and 47) the ends of which are bent at right angles to lie closely adjacent to the periphery of the pulley (3l) as shown at (48) in Figure 4. These projections serve to prevent the string (16) from flying off the pulley.

In Figure 5 a form of the device is shown comprising a spinning disk (49) carrying a band (50) of abradant material. Mounted upon the bolt (5l) upon which the dislt (49) spins, there is shown an arm (52) carrying a lsocket (53) for holding abradant material, and a siring (54) for causing pressure thereon. rojecting laterally from the arm there are shown rings (55-56) which carry coverings of translucent material (57) to provide the colored showing of the sparks produced by the pyrophoric element. The arm f 52) being rigidly carried by the bolt (5l, upon which the dislr (49) freely spins, will remain stationary to cause relative movement between the afbradant material and the pyrophoric element.

In Figure 6 is shown a still further modiiication in which a spinning disc (58) is shown provided With openings (59) some or all of which are provided with coverings (60) of varying color, and carrying a pyrophorie element holding device (6l) of the form shown in detail of Figure 8.

As there shown the device comprises a cylinder (62) rigidly secured to the disc (58) and havin;r a cap (63) against which a spiral spring (64), carried within the cylinder, abuis, thus causing pressure upon the pyrophoric element (65).

The common feature in various forme of the device is that there is dant material, and a pyrophoric element with means to cause one to revolve with relation to the other, and in addition an opening with a covering of colored materiel adjacent to the pyrophoric element through' which the thus produced sparks may show as colored lights. Ninor changes may be made in the physical embodiment of the invention without departing from its spirit.

I claim- 1. A whirligig comprising, in combination, a member having an opening, a covering of colored translucent material for said opening, a pyrophoric material holding device adjacent said opening, a circular band of abradant material, means to cause relative movement of revolution between said device and band whereby sparks may b e produced to show through said colored material.

2. A Whirligig comprising, in combination, a disc, a member mounted adjacent said disc, a band of abradant material upon one of said elements, a pyrophoric element upon the other of said elements, said pyrophoric element carrying-member having an opening, a covering of translucent material for said opening whereby sparks produced by friction o said' yrophoric element will cause a shovi of co ored lights, and means to spin said disc.

3. A Whirligig comprising, in combination, a handle, a rin rigidly mounted upon said handle, a band o abradant material upon said ring, a disc revolubly mounted upon said handle adapted to spin in front of said ring, a pyrophoric element mounted upon said disc, said disc having an opening adjacent said element, and a covering of translucent material or said opening.

4. A Whirligig comprising, in combination, a handle, a disc revolubly mounted on said handle, a pulley for causing revolution of said disc, members projecting from said A.handle closely adjacent to the periphery of said pulley, a ring mounted upon said handle, a band of abradant material carried by said ring, a pyrop'horic element'carried by said disc adapted to provide sparks by friction 1with said abradant element, said disc having an opening, and a covering of translucent material for said opening.

5. Whirligig comprising, in combination, a member having a plurality of openings, coverings of colored translucent niaterial of diering appearances for some of said openings, a pyroplioric.material holding device adjacent said openings, a circular band of abradant material, means to cause relative movement of nevolution between said device and band whereby spari-rs may be produced to show through seid colored material. 

